Where The Streets Have No Name (track)
by U2
Year: 1987
From the album The Joshua Tree (track #1)
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Where The Streets Have No Name appears on the following album(s) by U2:
- The Joshua Tree (track #1) (this album) (1987)
- U218 Singles (track #9) (compilation) (2006)
- Zoo TV Live (track #17) (2006)
- U2 Go Home: Live From Slane Castle, Ireland (track #14) (2007)
- Hasta La Vista Baby! U2 Live From Mexico City (track #9) (2000)
- U22: A 22 Track Live Collection From U2360 (track #18) (2012)
- Please: PopHeart Live EP (track #2) (1997)
- Camelot Poems (track #19) (1994)
- Songs Of Surrender (track #2) (2023)
- The Best Of 1980-1990 & B-Sides (track #7) (compilation) (1998)
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| ! | 08/15/2026 13:28 | Siromynian | 20,192 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/26/2026 10:56 | mash | 4,668 | 92/100 |
| ! | 05/16/2026 20:26 | seaniedimes_ | 838 | 78/100 |
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Best way to open an album (Edited)
Mother Nature's Son TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/24/2015 15:46 | #135592
Often gets me in the mood for a different kind of album. That revelatory intro is beyond gorgeous! Fortunately the rest of the song is just as lofty.
The sound of the guitar is just other-worldly. It's very simple to play, but it's almost impossible to make it sound as good as the Edge makes it sound. Their performance of this song at the Superbowl half time show is probably my favourite live song ever. (Edited)
The greatest guitar intro ever? There is no words to describe how it feels when you hear it. (Edited)
The Edge has done magic here. (Edited)
